Turnstone Archaeology is a Queensland consultancy providing archaeological and heritage services for large and small projects.

Michael Strong is the director of Turnstone Archaeology.  He has successfully undertaken or managed more than 350 projects since 1994.

Michael has established a leading reputation in Queensland as a landscape archaeologist and cultural heritage manager.  Major projects include dams, highways and road corridors, powerlines, mines, urban development projects, bridges and tunnels and the development of museums and keeping places.

Michael Strong has worked in this field since 1992 with Aboriginal groups from Camooweal, Charters Towers, Proserpine, Mackay, Gladstone, Bundaberg, Burnett region, the Sunshine Coast, Caboolture, Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan and Lockyer areas.  Aboriginal communities include the Bailai, Dugalanji, Gurang, Gooreng Gooreng, Gudjala, Gia, Giru-Dala, Jagera, Mununjali, Ugarapul, Wakka Wakka (northern), Wiri Yirandali, Yuggera and Yuibera.

Native Title claims include Jagera Peoples, Jinibara, Gia Peoples, Gudjal People, Wakka Wakka and Yirandali.

Dr Mark Moore is one of Australia’s leading authorities in lithic research, with a number of scientific papers published in refereed journals.

Mark works as a lecturer (Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology) at the University of New England, Armidale, NSW.  Mark provides invaluable cooperation in the field of lithic studies, artefact reduction analysis, and holds stone tool workshops in association with Turnstone Archaeology and the Abbey Museum.

Sherry Maurer is a Research Assistant and Trainee Archaeologist with Turnstone Archaeology.

She has been undertaking a Bachelor of Arts in History and Politics with Macquarie University and has recently transferred to University of Southern Queensland at Toowoomba to complete her degree in Archaeology.

Sherry’s attraction to history and archaeology stems from genealogical research of her family tree and her interests are archaeology, anthropology, cultural heritage and museum systems management.

The Turnstone logo is derived from the Turnstone, a small plover that scurries about flipping over rocks to see what is underneath — much like archaeologists!

Turnstone Archaeology has evolved an exciting new process of predictive archaeology called Predictive Landscape And Cultural Environments (PLACE) MODELLING that can assist Aboriginal communities in the identification of their cultural landscapes, and aid in the identification of constraints during early planning of major developments, such as highways, roads, dams, mines and other major infrastructure.

TYPICAL PROJECTS

• Archaeologist for the Gudjal and Yirandali Peoples for a major audit of the White Mts National Park near Hughenden

• Technical adviser for the Jagera, Ugarapul and Yuggera Peoples at Wyaralong Dam

• Goondicum Mine water pipeline for Monto Minerals, SunWater, and Port Curtis Coral Coast/ Wakka Wakka 2 People.

• North-South Brisbane Tunnel Aboriginal archaeology for Jagera People and Brisbane City Council.

• Cultural heritage survey for the proposed oil shale mine at Targinie for QER and Port Curtis Coral Coast claim.

• Bruce Highway Gympie Bypass predictive model for Arup and Queensland Main Roads.

• Extension of the Goonyella Riverside Coal Mine, Moranbah, for Wiri People and BMA.

• Cultural heritage survey for a resort-residential development, Curtis Island, for Port Curtis Coral Coast claim.

• Project manager for Burnett Dam cultural heritage survey for Port Curtis Coral Coast claim and Wakka people.

• Historical heritage study of Hervey Bay City for Hervey Bay City Council.

• Cultural heritage survey and mapping of the McFarlane oil shale deposit, Proserpine, for the Gia People.